Now that things are opening up, and now that I personally feel more comfortable being out in public, I have to be careful that I don’t wake up one morning with a calendar full of social activities. How easy it could be for solitude to become no more than a good idea, something I long for, a dream for the future.
Since the beginning of the millennium twenty-one years ago, my life in community has found balance with my life of solitude. Those solitary trips to Italy and Scotland, and those winters at the cottage-by-the-sea are now in the past, but my solitude times at home remain deeply rewarding. There is no reason those shouldn’t continue, but I am aware that I must stay attentive so that the social me doesn’t take over the introverted me.
Since the beginning of the millennium twenty-one years ago, my life in community has found balance with my life of solitude. Those solitary trips to Italy and Scotland, and those winters at the cottage-by-the-sea are now in the past, but my solitude times at home remain deeply rewarding. There is no reason those shouldn’t continue, but I am aware that I must stay attentive so that the social me doesn’t take over the introverted me.